Warwick Bridge Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
enabling the Right Honourable George Earl Brooke
and Earl of Warwick to build a new Bridge over the
River Avon in the Borough of Warwick, and to open
proper Ways and Roads thereto," was committed:
That they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true;
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill,
and directed him to report the same to the House,
without any Amendment."

Alfreton Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for reviving, continuing and enlarging the Term
and Powers of an Act made in the Fifth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third,
for repairing and widening the Road from the Alfreton
Turnpike Road near a Place called Little Robins in
the Parish of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham,
through Woolley Moor to the Nottingham Turnpike
Road near Tansley in the County of Derby; and from
Woolley Moor to the Chesterfield Turnpike Road at
Kelstidge in the said County of Derby," was committed.

Mansfield, &c. Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, for repairing and widening
the Road from the Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike Road near the Nine Mile Stone from Mansfield,
through Temple Normanton, Tupton new Enclosure
and Birkin Lane, to Buntingfield Nook in the Parish of
Ashover in the County of Derby," was committed.

Headbourn Worthy Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Arable Lands, Pastures, Woods, Downs,
Cow Downs, Sheep Downs, Waste Lands and other
Open and Commonable Places within the Parish of
Headbourn Worthy in the County of Southampton."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to the H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.

Gold and Silver Lace Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
amend and render more effectual an Act made in the
Fifteenth Year of His late Majesty King George the
Second, intituled, "An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace, and for settling and
adjusting the Proportions of fine Silver and Silk, and
for the better making of Gold and Silver Thread."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill To-morrow.

Filey Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting and enclosing the several Open and
Common Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Waste Grounds within the Township of
Filey, otherwise Filo, in the East and North Ridings of
the County of York."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Thursday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Wimborne Minster Road Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term and enlarging the Powers of an
Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road
from the Cross or Market Place in the Town of
Wimborne Minster, to the Cross or Market Place in the
Town of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and to
adjourn as they please.

Taylor against Taylor.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Robert Taylor
Esquire is Appellant, and Elizabeth Jean Taylor is
Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for
Causes after those already appointed.

Wollaston Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir William Dolben and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Pastures, Meadows and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds in the Parish of Wollaston in the County
of Northampton;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Bradwell Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Young and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Parish of Bradwell in the County of Bucks;" and to acquaint this House that they have agreed to their Lordships
Amendments made thereto.

Delvalle et al. against Grove et al. Petition of York Buildings Company rejected.

A Petition of the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising the Thames Water in York Buildings,
taking Notice of an Appeal depending in this House,
wherein Rebecca Delvalle and others are Appellants, and
Martha Grove and others are Respondents, which stands
appointed for Hearing, was presented and read; and
praying, "That the said Appeal may be postponed till
such a Day in April next as to their Lordships shall
seem proper; and that the Appeal wherein the Petitioners are Appellants, and Mrs. Martha Grove and
others are Respondents, which also stands appointed
for Hearing, may be ordered to be heard upon one
and the same Day."

And thereupon, the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar; and being withdrawn:

Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

Election of a Peer for Scotland, Counsel heard on E. Dumfries' Petition respecting.

The Order of the Day being read for the hearing Counsel upon the Petition of the Earl of Dumfries, complaining
of a Breach of Privilege of this House at the late Election
of a Peer for Scotland; and also for hearing Counsel
upon the Petition of Lord Cathcart, touching the said
Election, and his Return; and for the Attendance of
several Persons; and for the Lords to be summoned:

Counsel were accordingly called in.

Then the Petition of the Earl of Dumfries was read:

Also, the Petition of Lord Cathcart.

Then Mr. Grant was heard on the Petition of the Earl
of Dumfries.

The original Minutes of the Meeting held for the Election of a Peer of Scotland on the First of January last,
and the original Proxies and signed Lists then exhibited,
and other Papers, Entries and Documents respecting the
Transaction of the said Election, were delivered in at the
Bar by George Home Esquire; the same were read.

Then Thomas Young being called in, and sworn, acquainted the House, "That he served John Anderson of
Goland with the Order of this House of the 12th of
February last, made on the Petition of the Earl of
Dumfries; and that the said John Anderson claims the
Title of Lord Rutherfurd."

The Question being asked, "What Conversation the
Witness had with the said John Anderson relative to
his Connection with David Dury when he served him
with the said Order?" The same was objected to as
Evidence to impeach the Return.

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Charles Dury was called in, and being sworn,
acquainted the House, "That he knows John Anderson of
Goland, and that he claims the Title of Rutherfurd;
that the Mother of the said John Anderson was Aunt
to David Dury the late Lord Rutherfurd."

Being cross-examined, he said, "He does not know,
except by Report, that the said John Anderson was the
Person who signed the List given at the last Election of
a Peer for Scotland; that he, the Witness, was related
to the said John Anderson but very remotely, but that
the Mother of the said John Anderson was named Dury;
that David Dury the Son of David Dury, named in
the Order of 1762, informed the Witness that after
his Father's Death he claimed to vote at the Election
for the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, and that he never
would appear again because he was protested against;
that he has heard that John Anderson was related to
the said David Dury." Being asked, "Whether
the said John Anderson was received in the Family as a
Relation of the said David Dury;" he answered,
Yes." Being asked, "What the Condition of John
Anderson of Goland is;" he said, "he believes he has
a small Feuer."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Thomas Young was again called in and asked,
"Where he served John Anderson with the Order?"

He answered, "At his House at Goland."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Charles Dury being again called in, and being
asked, "If John Anderson did not claim the Effects of
David Dury as his Heir?" Answered, "That David
Dury left John Anderson and the Brother of the Witness joint Executors of his Will, and claimed Part of
his Effects, which, after Payment of Debts, were but
small."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Mr. Anstruther was also heard on the Petition of
the Earl of Dumfries.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Hearing of Counsel
on the said Petitions be put off to Thursday next; and
that the Counsel be called in at Two o'Clock; and that
the Lords be summoned.

Delvalle et al. against Grove et al:

This Day being appointed for hearing Counsel upon
the Petition and Appeal of Rebecca Delvalle the Representative of Abraham Delvalle Esquire, Francis Roper
Head and others, Creditors of the Governor and Company
of Undertakers for raising the Thames Water in York
Buildings, complaining of Three Interlocutors of the
Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 5th of February and
31st of July 1783, and 11th of March 1786; and also
of an Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary there of the 8th
of March 1787, in so far as the same is therein complained of; and praying, "That the same might be
reversed, varied, or altered; or that the Appellants
might have such other Relief in the Premises, as to
this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, should
seem meet."

Counsel were accordingly called in to be heard, and
Counsel only appearing for the Appellants, (none appearing for the Respondents), they were heard to state
and argue the Case on Behalf of the Appellants, and
having prayed a Reversal of the Interlocutors, in so far
as the same are complained of.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw:

And due Consideration had of what was offered.

Interlocutors reversed.

It is Ordered and Adjudged by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Interlocutors complained of in the said Appeal be and
the same are hereby reversed, in so far as they sustain the
Objections to the Bonds claimed by the Appellants, that
the same are not entitled to a Place in the Ranking in
respect they are cut off by the negative Prescription of
the Law of Scotland.

Alfreton Road Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
reviving, continuing, and enlarging the Term and
Powers of an Act made in the Fifth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third,
for repairing and widening the Road from the Alfreton Turnpike Road near a Place called Little Robins in
the Parish of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham,
through Woolley Moor to the Nottingham Turnpike
Road near Tansley in the County of Derby; and from
Woolley Moor to the Chesterfield Turnpike Road at
Kelstidge in the said County of Derby."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Mansfield, &c. Road Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in
the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third for repairing and widening the
Road from the Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike
Road near the Nine Mile Stone from Mansfield,
through Temple Normanton, Tupton new Enclosure,
and Birkin Lane to Buntingfield Nook in the Parish of
Ashover in the County of Derby."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Warwick Bridge Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enabling the Right Honourable George Earl Brooke and
Earl of Warwick to build a new Bridge over the River
Avon in the Borough of Warwick, and to open proper
Roads and Ways thereto."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Three preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bills, without any Amendment.

Wollaston Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Pastures, Meadows, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds, in the Parish of Wollaston in the County
of Northampton."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Tuesday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.

Castlemartin Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
draining, dividing, and enclosing the Common and
Waste Ground called Castle Martin Corse within the
Manor and Parish of Castlemartin in the County of
Pembroke."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place, and to adjourn
as they please.

Bp. Hereford takes the Oaths.

This Day John Lord Bishop of Hereford took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration; and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Gold and Silver Lace Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to amend and render more effectual
an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of His late Majesty
King George the Second, intituled, "An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace, and
for settling and adjusting the Proportions of Fine Silver
and Silk; and for the better making of Gold and
Silver Thread."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."

Wavendon Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Open Arable Fields,
Meadows, Heaths, Commons, and Waste Grounds,
within the Manor and Parish of Wandon, otherwise
Wavendon in the County of Bucks," was committed:
That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to
be true; that the Parties concerned had given their
Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."

Biscoe's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to enable Elisha Biscoe Esquire to grant Building
Leases of Part of the Estates, devised by the Will of
his late Father Elisha Biscoe Esquire, deceased," was
committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Winborne Minster Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
for repairing and widening the Road from the Cross
or Market Place in the Town of Wimborne Minster,
to the Cross or Market Place in the Town of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset," was committed:
That they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true;
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill,
and directed him to report the same to the House,
without any Amendment."

Catterick Bridge Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of
Two Acts of Parliament, made in the Twentieth and
Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Second, for repairing the Road leading from Catterick Bridge in the County of York, to
Yarm in the said County, and from thence to Stockton in the County of Durham, and from thence
through Sedgefield in the said County of Durham, to
the City of Durham; and for reducing the said Acts
into one, and for the more effectually repairing and
keeping in Repair the said Road," was committed.

Consideration of Standing Orders No. 40 and 41, put off.

The Order of the Day being read for the taking into
Consideration the Standing Orders No. 40. and 41; and
for the Lords to be summoned.

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be taken
into Consideration To-morrow; and that the Lords be
summoned.

Biscoe's Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Elisha Biscoe Esquire, to grant Building Leases
of Part of the Estates devised by the Will of his late
Father Elisha Biscoe Esquire, deceased."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Gold and Silver Lace Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
amend and render more effectual an Act made in the
Fifteenth Year of His late Majesty King George the
Second, intituled, "An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace, and for settling and
adjusting the Proportions of Fine Silver and Silk, and
for the better making of Gold and Silver Thread."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Wavendon Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Open Arable Fields,
Meadows, Heaths, Commons, and Waste Grounds,
within the Manor and Parish of Wandon, otherwise
Wavendon in the County of Bucks."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Catterick Bridge Road Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of
Two Acts of Parliament made in the Twentieth and
Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Second, for repairing the Road
leading from Catterick Bridge in the County of York,
to Yarm in the said County, and from thence to
Stockton in the County of Durham, and from thence
through Sedgefield in the said County of Durham, to
the City of Durham; and for reducing the said Acts
into one, and for the more effectually repairing and
keeping in Repair the said Road."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Wimborne Minster Road Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term and enlarging the Powers of an
Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from
the Cross or Market Place in the Town of Wimborne
Minster, to the Cross or Market Place in the Town
of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Four preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bills, without any Amendment.

Taylor against Taylor.

A Petition of Robert Taylor Esquire Appellant, in a
Cause depending in this House, to which Elizabeth Jean
Taylor, Widow, is Respondent, was presented and read;
setting forth, "That the Question before their Lordships
in the present Appeal, respects the Validity of a Deed,
of which the Appellant brought a Reduction in the
Court of Session in Scotland, on the Head of Death
Bed; that the Petitioner's Appeal was presented on
the 1st Day of February last, to which the Respondent put in her Answer on the 10th Instant and on
the Day following, the Cause was set down to be
heard after the Causes then already appointed, and
the same at present stands last in their Lordships Paper
of Causes, and may possibly come on to be heard in
its Course on Wednesday next; that the Petitioner's
leading Counsel leaves Town to go upon the Circuit
on Saturday next; and the Petitioner's Second Counsel who argued the Cause in the Court below, and by
whom the Petitioner is very desirous the same should
be argued before their Lordships, is not as yet arrived
from Scotland;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That this Cause may be adjourned to the Second Cause Day after the Recess at Easter, or to
such other Day, as to their Lordships shall seem
meet."

And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar; and being withdrawn,

Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause be put
off to the First Cause Day after the Recess at Easter.

Mowsley Enclosure Bill. King's Consent signified.

The Lord Hawkesbury acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty having been informed of the Contents of
the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Meadows, and
Commons of and within the Lordship or Liberty of
Mowsley in the County of Leicester," was pleased to
consent (as far as His Majesty's Interest is concerned)
"That their Lordships may proceed therein, as they
shall think fit."

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Meadows and Commons of and within the Lordship
or Liberty of Mowsley in the County of Leicester."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.

Clerkenwell Church Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
pulling down the Church of Saint James at Clerkenwell
in the County of Middlesex, and for building a new
Church and making a new Church Yard or Cemetry
in the said Parish, with convenient Avenues or Passages
thereto."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.

Election of a Peer for Scotland, Counsel further heard on Petitions respecting.

The Order of the Day being read for hearing Counsel
further upon the Petition of the Earl of Dumfries, complaining of a Breach of Privilege of this House at the late
Election of a Peer for Scotland; and also for hearing
Counsel upon the Petition of Lord Cathcart, touching
the said Election, and his Return; and for the Attendance of several Persons; and for the Lords to be summoned:

Counsel were accordingly called in.

Mr. Solicitor General was heard on the Petition of
Lord Cathcart.

Mr. Douglas was also heard on the Petition of Lord
Cathcart in Support of the Return.

Mr. Scott was heard for the Clerks of Session in
Scotland.

Mr. Campbell was also heard for the Clerks of Session
in Scotland.

Mr. Grant was heard on the Petition of the Earl of
Dumfries in Reply.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said
Petitions be put off to Tuesday next; and that the Lords
be summoned.

House cleared.

Ordered, That the House be cleared.

Brighthelmstone Playhouse Bill, Two Petitions against rejected.

Upon reading the Petition of Joseph Fox Comedian,
who for Eleven Years past has been Manager and Proprietor of the present Theatre at Brighthelmstone in the
County of Sussex, taking Notice of a Bill depending in
this House, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty
to licence a Playhouse in the Town of Brighthelmstone
in the County of Sussex;" and praying their Lordships,
To take the Hardship of his Case into Consideration,
and that he may be permitted to be heard by himself
or Counsel at the Second Reading of the said Bill,
what he may have to offer why the same should not
pass into a Law:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

Upon reading the Petition of the several Persons whose
Names are thereunto subscribed, being principal Inhabitants and Housekeepers within the Town of Brighthelmstone in the County of Sussex, taking Notice of the last
mentioned Bill; and praying their Lordships, "That
the said Bill may not pass into a Law:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

Standing Orders No. 40 and 41 considered.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into Consideration the Standing Orders Nos. 40 and 41; and for
the Lords to be summoned:

Moved, "That the said Standing Orders No. 40 and
41, be now read."

The same were accordingly read by the Clerk.

Motion respecting referred to Committee for Privileges.

Then it was moved, "That, on Consideration of the
Standing Orders 40 and 41, for the future no Person
shall be in the House during the Sitting of this House,
except Peers having a Right to sit therein, Peers
Minors, Peers of Scotland not being the Representatives of the Scotch Peerage, and the Sons or Grandsons, being Heirs Apparent of the Peers actually
sitting or having a Right to sit therein, or of Peeresses of
England in their own Right, and such others as attend
this House as Assistants."

Then an Amendment was proposed to be made to the
said Motion by leaving out after the Word ("that") in
the First Line, to the End of the said Motion, and instead
thereof to insert the Words ("It be referred to the Committee for Privileges to take into Consideration the
Rules and Orders of this House for preserving Order
therein.")

Which being objected to,

After short Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the
Motion?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the Question was put, "Whether the Words
proposed shall be inserted?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the said Motion so amended, was agreed to,
and ordered accordingly.

Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Motion
be referred to the Committee for Privileges; and that
they do meet to consider the same on the First Day of
Meeting after the Recess at Easter.

Whitefoord against Whitefoord et al.

After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause wherein
Miss Jean Whitefoord is Appellant, and James Whitefoord
Esquire and his Guardians are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off till To-morrow; and that the Counsel
be called in at One o'Clock.

Mowsley Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Meadows
and Commons of and within the Lordship or Liberty of
Mowsley in the County of Leicester," was committed:
"That they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true;
that the Parties concerned had given their Consents
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."

Filey Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bangor made the like Report from
the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the several
Open and Common Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures,
Commons and Waste Grounds within the Township
of Filey, otherwise Filo, in the East and North Ridings
of the County of York," was committed.

Knapton Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Common Arable Fields
and other Common Grounds within the Manor or
Lordship or Township of Knapton in the County of the
City of York," was committed: "That they had
considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that
the Parties concerned had given their Consents to
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some
Amendments thereto:"

Which Amendments were read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

"Pr. 19. L. 32. After ("whomsoever") insert ("provided that no such Exchange or Exchanges shall be
made by the Vicar of Kirby Wharf, or his Successors,
without the Consent of his Grace the Lord Archbishop
of York for the Time being, under his Hand and Seal
first had and obtained")

"Pr. 26. L. 6. After ("whomsoever") insert
Clause (A).

"Clause (A) "And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the Vicar of the Vicarage of Kirby
Wharf aforesaid for the Time being, by and with the
Consent and Approbation of the Lord Archbishop of
York for the Time being, under his Hand and Seal, to
grant any Lease or Leases to any Person or Persons, of
the whole, or any Part or Parts of the Land to be allotted to him by virtue of this Act, for any Term or
Terms of Years not exceeding Fourteen Years, such
Term and Terms of Years to commence and be computed from the Twenty-fifth Day of March next, after
the Execution of the said Award, so as the best and
most improved Rent or Rents be thereby reserved, and
be made payable to the Vicar of the said Vicarage for
the Time being, Quarterly; and no Premium or Foregift
in any respect be taken for granting such Lease or Leases,
and so as no Lessee or Lessees be made dispunishable for
Waste, and so as the usual Powers of Entry for Nonpayment of such Rent or Rents be contained therein,
any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding."

"Pr. 28. L. 8. Leave out from ("for") to ("the")
in Line 10"

"L. 16. After ("Life") insert ("other than
and except the said Vicar and his Successors")

And the said Amendments being read a Second Time,
were agreed to by the House.

North Kyme Drainage Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Thorold and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low
Grounds in the Manor or Township of North Kyme in
the County of Lincoln," to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.

Fladbury Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Lygon and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common
Meadows, and other Common and Waste Lands in
Fladbury in the County of Worcester," to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.

Liverpool Streets Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Penrhyn and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging and
varying some of the Powers contained in certain Acts
of Parliament relating to the watching, lighting, and
cleansing the Streets and other Places within the Town
of Liverpool, and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein," to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.

Errington's Divorce Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the
Marriage of George Errington Esquire, with Harriet
Coren his now Wife, and to enable him to marry
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned;"
and for hearing Counsel for and against the same; and
for the Lords to be summoned:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and Mr. Erskine
and Mr. Garrow appearing as Counsel for the Bill, and
no one appearing as Counsel for Mrs. Errington; Mr.
Erskine was heard in Support of the Bill, and to make
out the Allegations thereof.

John Darly was called in, and being sworn, acquainted
the House, "That on Day of he
served Mrs. Errington at her Lodgings in Holborn,
with a Copy of the Bill and the Order of the House
for the Second Reading of the Bill; that he did not
know her before that Day; but in order to identify
her he took along with him a Person called Luke Carter, who had lived as Servant with Mr. and Mrs,
Errington several Years."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Luke Carter was called in, and being sworn,
acquainted the House, "That he had lived in the Capacity of Servant to Mr. and Mrs. Errington, and went lately
with Mr. John Darly the former Witness to Mrs. Errington, when he served her with the Order of the
House for the Second Reading of the Bill, and saw
him serve her with it; that Mr. and Mrs. Errington
lived at Battersea when they were first married, about
Ten Years ago, and continued to do so till last Year."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Edward(fn. 1)Shore was called in, and being sworn,
acquainted the House, "That he is Father-in-Law of
Mrs. Errington, formerly Harriet Coren, and was present at her Marriage with Mr. Errington on the 14th
of April 1777, at the Church of Saint Martin's in the
Fields, and was an attesting Witness to the Marriage
in the Register."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then William Smith was called in, and being sworn,
produced a Copy of the Register of the Marriage of
George Errington and Harriet Coren, as follows;

"Saint Martin in the Fields, Middlesex,
Married in April 1777;

14. George Errington and Harriet Coren, both
of this Parish, were married in this Church
by Banns this 14th Day of April 1777, by
me, J. Justamond Curate.—This Marriage
was then solemnized between us.

The above is a true Extract from the Register of
Marriages belonging to this Church.

"T. W. Wrighte A.M. Curate,
Examined with the Register."

"St. Martin,
December 3d 1787."

Then the Witness acquainted the House, "That he
compared the above Copy with the Register."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Thomas Bramston was called in, and being
sworn, informed the House, "That he has been acquainted with Mr. Errington from the Time he was
Eight Years old, but did not renew his Intimacy with
him till about Eight Years ago; that he knows Mrs.
Errington very well, and that about Three Years ago
he fetched her to his the Witness's House at Lyme in
the County of Dorset, in consequence of a Letter
written to him by Mr. Errington, signifying that a
little Misunderstanding had happened between him and
Mrs. Errington, and that under the Care of Mrs. Bramston, the Witness's Wife, he hoped she, Mrs. Errington,
would mend her Conduct; that she continued at the
Witness's House about Seven Months; that towards
the End of that Time the Witness came to Town and
left his Children under Mrs. Errington's Care at Lyme;
and that when the Witness returned, he understood
from his Servants that she had had a Connection with a
Captain Southby, in consequence of which the Witness
wrote to Mr. Errington, representing the Matter to
him, and carried her from Lyme to her Mother at
Isleworth, where he, the Witness, left her; that Mr.
and Mrs. Errington lived soon after their Marriage at
Battersea, from whence they removed to the Adelphi
about Five Years ago; that the Witness there observed, being frequently in the Family, Marks of
Levity in her Conduct and Conversation; that the
Witness acquainted Mr. Errington with it, and heard
him frequently rebuke her for it, but she bid him
Defiance, but knows no actual criminal Conduct of
her at that Time; that Mr. Errington never visited
Mrs. Errington while she was at Lyme."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Luke Carter was again called in, and being
asked, "What he meant by saying that Mr. and Mrs.
Errington had lived Ten Years at Battersea?" said,
"They had not lived there so long; that they came to
live in London some Time before he left Mr. Errington's
Service, which was about Four Years ago."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then William Baxter was called in, and being sworn,
acquainted the House, "That he is Watchman to the
Guard at the Bank, and was so in the Month of
March 1782; that he knows Captain Bulkeley, who
some Time in the said Month of March was the Officer
on Guard there; that a Woman came to Captain Bulkeley about Five o'Clock in the Morning and drank
Tea with him, and he the Witness waited upon them, it
being his Business so to do; that at Night they went
to Bed and locked the Bedchamber Door; that in the
Morning the Witness knocked at the Chamber Door
in order that he might be let in to light the Fire, when
Captain Bulkeley got out of Bed and opened the Door,
and went back into Bed; that the Witness saw him in
Bed with the Woman before mentioned, and their
Cloaths were about the Room; that he was shewn
this Person afterwards at Isleworth by Mr. Bramston
(the last Witness that was called) and knows her to be
the same Person he saw in Bed with Captain Bulkeley;
that he saw her two or three Times afterwards with
Captain Bulkeley; that it is about Three Years ago
since he, the Witness, was first applied to by Mr. Errington to know if he was acquainted with Mrs. Errington, when he told Mr. Errington what had passed;
that he was a Witness in the Action at Law, and in
the Suit in the Ecclesiastical Court."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Thomas Bramston was again called in, and acquainted the House, "That William Baxter, the last
Witness, was the Person that went with him to Isleworth, and that he shewed Mrs. Errington to him."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Andrew Edge was called in, and produced an
Office Copy of the Record of the Court of King's Bench,
of a Judgement given in that Court in Trinity Term 1787
against William Bulkeley for Criminal Conversation with
Harriet Errington, for One Shilling Damages, besides
Costs of Suit; which he said he had examined and compared with the Original.

The same was read.

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Mark Holman, Deputy Registrar of the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London, was called in, and
being sworn, produced the Original Definitive Sentence
of Divorce of that Court of the 28th of June 1785,
against the said Harriett Errington, for Adultery committed by her with the said William Bulkeley; the same
was read.

He was directed to withdraw.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill To-morrow.

Mutiny Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir George Yonge and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the
Army and their Quarters;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.

Little Farringdon Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Young and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and Waste
Lands, in the Hamlet of Little Farringdon, in the
Parish of Langford in the County of Berks;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Dumbarton Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Elphinstone and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the
Term, and altering and enlarging the Powers of Three
Acts passed in the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, and in the
Twelfth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
for repairing several Roads leading into the City of
Glasgow, so far as relates to that Part of the Road
from the City of Glasgow to the Town of Dumbarton,
which leads through the County to the Town of Dumbarton;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.

East Indies, Papers relative to Military Establishment there, delivered.

The Lord Sydney (by His Majesty's Command) laid
before the House Copies of several Papers relative to the
Establishment of His Majesty's Regiments in the East
Indies, &c. together with a Schedule thereof, which was
read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

No. 1. "Copy of the Establishment of the 36th and
52d Regiments of Foot, as embarked for the East
Indies on the 10th and 11th of March 1783."

2. "Copy of the Establishment of the 2d Battalion of
the 42d (now the 73d) Regiment of Foot, serving in
the East Indies in the Year 1783."

3. "Copy of the Establishment of the 1st Battalion
of the 73d (now the 71st) Regiment of Foot, serving
in the East Indies in the Year 1783."

4. "Copy of the Establishment of the 78th (now 72d)
Regiment of Foot, serving in the East Indies in the
Year 1783."

5. "Copy of the Establishment of the 98th Regiment
of Foot, serving in the East Indies in the Year 1783."

6. "Copy of the Establishment of the 100th Regiment of Foot, serving in the East Indies in the Year
1783."

7. "Copy of the Establishment of the 101st and 102d
Regiments of Foot, serving in the East Indies in the
Year 1783."

8. "Copy of the Orders given in August 1787, for
the Reduction of the Establishment of the Regiments,
serving in India."

9. "Copy of the proposed Establishment for His
Majesty's Regiments of Infantry, serving in India, exclusive of the additional Companies, to commence
from the 25th December 1787."

10. "Copy of the Weekly State of His Majesty's
74th Regiment of Foot, Chatham Barracks 12th
March 1788."

11. "Copy of the Weekly State of His Majesty's 75th
Regiment of Foot, commanded by Robert Abercromby,
Esquire, Colonel."

12. "Copy of the Weekly State of His Majesty's 76th
Regiment of Foot, Chatham Barracks, 12th March
1788."

13. "Copy of the Weekly State of His Majesty's 77th
Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel James
Marsh, Dover Castle, 12th March 1788."

14. "Copy of a Letter of Service, for raising the
Four Regiments under Sir Archibald Campbell, and
Colonels Abercromby, Musgrave, and Marsh."

15. "Copy of the Proportion of Men to be raised by
Officers for higher Rank or for full Pay."

Ordered, That the said Copies do lie on the Table.

Further Papers ordered.

Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "Copy of Proceedings relative to sending Four
of His Majesty's Regiments to India, with the Cases
and Opinions of Counsel thereupon."

Ordered, That the said Copy be forthwith printed
when delivered.

Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "Copy of a Letter from Sir Archibald Campbell
to the Court of Directors of the East India Company,
dated 24th June 1785, proposing a Military Establishment for India, with several Enclosures on the
Subject."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from Mr. Hastings to the
Court of Directors, dated Cheltenham, 15th August
1785, containing his Sentiments thereon."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from Sir Archibald Campbell to the Court of Directors, dated 26th August 1785,
in Reply to Mr. Hastings's Letter."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from the Commissioners for
India Affairs to the Court of Directors, dated 18th
August 1785, together with the Letter No. 71, sent
therewith, and the Dispatch thereof to India."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from the Court of Directors to the said Commissioners, dated 26th August
1785, concerning the said Military Establishment."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from the said Commissioners
to the said Court of Directors, dated 5th September
1785, on the same Subject."

Also, "Copy of the Proceedings of the East India
Company since 20th February last, relating to sending
Four of His Majesty's Regiments to India."

Ordered, That the said Copies be forthwith printed
when delivered.

Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "Copies of Correspondence between the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, relative to the
Payment of Arrears due on account of the King's
Troops in India, under the Act of the 21st of His
present Majesty, Cap. 65. for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of
the East India Company as well in India, as in Europe,
and the Recruiting the Military Forces of the said
Company, together with a Copy of the Orders sent to
India, in Consequence of that Correspondence."

Also, "Copy of the Memorial and Petition of the
Court of Directors of the East India Company to His
Majesty."

Also, "Copy of a Letter from the Right Honourable
Lord Sydney to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman
of the East India Company, dated 30th October 1787,
enclosing,

"Copy of the Licence to the East India Company, to enlist a Number of Recruits not exceeding 2,500 Men for Five Years, and to deposit and keep them in the Isle of Wight, until
they can be sent to India."

Papers in Part delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Morton from
the East India Company attended:"

He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to an Order of this Day,

"Proceedings relative to the sending of Four of His
Majesty's Regiments to India, with Appendix."

And then he withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;

Ordered, That the same do lie on the Table.

Armstrong against His Majesty's Advocate.

Upon reading the Petition of David Armstrong Esquire
Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, and of
His Majesty's Advocate Respondent thereto; setting forth,
"That the said Cause stands appointed for Hearing on
Thursday next; that both Parties are desirous that the
Hearing of this Cause should be adjourned till next
Session of Parliament;" and therefore praying their
Lordships, "To adjourn the Hearing of this Cause till
the next Session of Parliament:"

It is Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause be
put off to the next Session of Parliament, as desired.

Whitefoord against Whitefoord et al:

After hearing Counsel as well Yesterday as this Day,
upon the Petition and Appeal of Miss Jean Whitefoord
only Child of the deceased Bryce Whitefoord of Dunduff
Esquire; complaining of an Interlocuter of the Lord
Ordinary in Scotland, of the 23d of June 1786; and also
of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session there, of the
7th of July 1786; and praying, "That the same might
be reversed, varied or altered, or that the Appellant
might have such other Relief in the Premises, as to
this House in their Lordships great Wisdom should seem
meet; as also upon the Answer of James Whitefoord
Esquire and his Guardians, put in to the said Appeal,
and due Consideration had of what was offered on either
Side in this Cause:"

Interlocutors affirmed.

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, That the said
Petition and Appeal be and is hereby dismissed this
House; and that the said Interlocutors therein complained
of, be, and the same are hereby affirmed, without Prejudice
to any Challenge arising on the Face of the Instrument
of Sasine of the Lands of Kirkbride, of the 13th of May
One thousand seven hundred and twenty-six, the said
Reservation being made with the Consent of the Respondent.

East India Troops Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for removing any
Doubt respecting the Power of the Commissioners for
the Affairs of India, to direct that the Expence of
raising, transporting and maintaining such Troops as
may be judged necessary for the Security of the
British Territories and Possessions in the East Indies,
should be defrayed out of the Revenues arising
from the said Territories and Possessions; and for
limiting the Application of the said Revenues in the
Manner therein mentioned;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Mutiny Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better
Payment of the Army and their Quarters."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday next.

Filey Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting and enclosing the several Open
and Common Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures,
Commons and Waste Grounds within the Township
of Filey, otherwise Filo, in the East and North Ridings
of the County of York."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Mowsley Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Meadows and Commons of and within the Lordship or
Liberty of Mowsley in the County of Leicester."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Two preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, ordered to be sent to the
House of Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.

Knapton Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Common Arable Fields and
other Common Grounds within the Manor or Lordship and Township of Knapton in the County of the
City of York."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendments, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.

A Message was ordered to be sent the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the
Lords have agreed to the same, with some Amendments,
to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.

Liverpool Streets Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging and varying some of the Powers contained
in certain Acts of Parliament relating to the watching,
lighting and cleansing the Streets and other Places
within the Town of Liverpool; and for removing and
preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Errington's Divorce Bill:

The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of
George Errington Esquire with Harriet Coren his now
Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee,
"That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Lords summoned.

Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Monday next.

Fladbury Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows and other Common
and Waste Lands in Fladbury in the County of Worcester."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.

North Kyme Drainage Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually draining and preserving certain Fen
Lands and Low Grounds in the Manor or Township
of North Kyme, in the County of Lincoln."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.

India, further Papers relative to Military Establishments, delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Morton from
the East India Company attended:

He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to an Order of Yesterday,

No. 1. "Copy of Letters, &c. relative to the Military
Establishments in India, containing the following Particulars:

"Letter from Sir Archibald Campbell to the Court
of Directors of the East India Company, dated 24th
June 1785, proposing a Military Establishment for
India, with several Enclosures on the Subject."

"Letter from Mr. Hastings to the Court of Directors,
dated Cheltenham, 15th August 1785, containing his
Sentiments thereon."

"Letter from Sir Archibald Campbell to the Court of
Directors, dated 26th August 1785, in Reply to Mr.
Hastings's Letter."

"Letter from the Commissioners for India Affairs to
the Court of Directors, dated 18th August 1785, together with the Letter No. 71, sent therewith, and
the Dispatch thereof to India."

"Letter from the Court of Directors to the said Commissioners, dated 26th August 1785, concerning the
said Military Establishment."

"Letter from the said Commissioners to the said
Court of Directors, dated 5th September 1785, on the
Subject."

"Copy of the Correspondence between the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners
for the Affairs of India, and the Court of Directors of
the East India Company, relative to the Payment of
Arrears due on account of the King's Troops in India,
under the Act of the Twenty-first of His present Majesty,
Cap. 65, for establishing certain Regulations for the
better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe, and the Recruiting the Military Forces of the said Company, together
with a Copy of the Orders sent to India, in consequence of that Correspondence."

Vide Appendix, No. 1. to the Proceedings of the Court of Directors.

"Copy of the Memorial and Petition of the Court of
Directors of the East India Company to His Majesty."

"Copy of a Letter from the Right Honourable Lord
Sydney to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman of the East
India Company, dated 30th October 1787, enclosing,"

Vide Appendix, No. 5. to Ditto.

"Copy of the Licence to the East India Company,
to enlist a Number of Recruits not exceeding 2,500
Men for Five Years, and to deposit and keep them in
the Isle of Wight until they can be sent to India;" together with a List thereof.

Errington's Divorce Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
dissolve the Marriage of George Errington Esquire,
with Harriet Coren his now Wife, and to enable him
to marry again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

Then the following Amendment was proposed to be
made to the said Bill:

"Pr. 2. L. 24. After ("from") leave out ("the
Day of One thousand seven hundred and
eighty-eight") and insert ("henceforth")

The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Eames and Mr. Pepys:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Gossip's Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
allowing Timber to be cut upon certain Estates settled
by the Will and a Codicil of William Gossip Esquire,
and for applying the Money to arise therefrom, in
making Repairs on the same Estates, and laying out
the Remainder in Purchases of other Estates, to be
settled to the same Uses."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Lever's Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Wednesday the 2d Day of April next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Netherhaven Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Penruddock and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and laying in Severalty, the Open and Common
Fields, Open Downs, Common Meadows, Common
Pastures, and Waste Lands within the Parish of Netherhaven, otherwise Netheravon in the County of
Wilts;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.

Scole Bridge Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Rous and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the
Term of an Act of the Ninth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Scole
Bridge, to the Town of Bury Saint Edmunds in the
County of Suffolk; and for amending the said Act;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Swaby Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Thorold and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open Common Fields, Meadows,
Pastures, and other Commonable Lands and Waste
Grounds, within the Townships or Parishes of Swaby
and Belleau in the County of Lincoln;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.

E. Macclesfield's Estate Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Charles Spencer and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
the Real Estate of Thomas Reade Esquire, and Elizabeth Reade his Daughter, situate in Shirburn, Brittwell, Sallome, Lewknor, Stokenchurch, and Kingston
Blount in the County of Oxford, in Thomas Earl of
Macclesfield and his Heirs, and for settling another
Real Estate of the said Earl of greater Value in lieu
thereof, and in Exchange for the same in Manner
therein mentioned;" and to acquaint this House, That
they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Hintze's Naturalization Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Joseph Mawbey and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Daniel Godfrey Hintze;" and to acquaint this
House, That they have agreed to the same, without any
Amendment.

Fladbury Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows and other Common and Waste
Lands in Fladbury in the County of Worcester," was
committed: "That they had considered the said Bill,
and examined the Allegations thereof, which were
found to be true; that the Parties concerned had
given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through
the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the
House, without any Amendment."

North Kyme Drainage Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for more effectually draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Manor or
Township of North Kyme in the County of Lincoln,"
was committed.

Clerkenwell Church Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
pulling down the Church of Saint James at Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, and for building a
new Church and making a new Church Yard or
Cemetry in the said Parish, with convenient Avenues
and Passages thereto," was committed: "That they
had considered the said Bill and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."

Liverpool Streets Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for enlarging and varying some of the Powers
contained in certain Acts of Parliament relating to the
watching, lighting and cleansing the Streets and other
Places within the Town of Liverpool; and for removing
and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein,"
was committed.

Dumbarton Road Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term and altering and enlarging the
Powers of Three Acts passed in the Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, and in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, for repairing several Roads leading
into the City of Glasgow, so far as relates to that Part
of the Road from the City of Glasgow to the Town of
Dumbarton, which leads through the County to the
Town of Dumbarton."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.

Stretton Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Villiers and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing certain Commons and Waste Lands within
the Manor of Stretton-in-the-Dale in the County of
Salop;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Mutiny Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee upon the said Bill.

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned:

East India Goods Bill, Petition of Proprietors of East India Stock, against.

Upon reading the Petition of certain Proprietors of
East India Stock on Behalf of themselves and the United
Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed, taking Notice of a Bill
depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for removing
any Doubt respecting the Power of the Commissioners
for the Affairs of India, to direct that the Expence of
raising, transporting and maintaining such Troops as
may be judged necessary for the Security of the British
Territories and Possessions in the East Indies, should be
defrayed out of the Revenues arising from the said
Territories and Possessions, and for limiting the Application of the said Revenues in the Manner therein
mentioned;" and praying, "That the Second Reading of the said Bill may be postponed till Thursday
next, the 20th Instant, (being the earliest Day on
which by the Operation of the Laws, any Public Resolution of the said United Merchants can be taken) in
order that the East India Company may have Time to
instruct Counsel, and prepare Evidence in Defence of
their Rights and Privileges:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.

It was moved, "That the following Question be referred to the Judges:"

Question to Judges there upon, negatived.

"Whether according to the Intent and Meaning
of the Act of the 24th of His Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the better Regulation
and Management of the Affairs of the East
India Company and of the British Possessions
in India, and for establishing a Court of
Judicature for the more speedy and effectual
Trial of Persons accused of Offences committed in the East Indies;" the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are empowered at any Time to direct, that the Expence of raising, transporting and maintaining such Forces as may be judged necessary
for the Security of the British Territories
and Possessions in the East Indies, shall be
defrayed out of the Revenues arising from
the said Territories and Possessions, such
Troops not being sent at the express Requisition of the East India Company; and
particularly whether under the Circumstances now existing, the said Commissioners
are not restrained by certain Provisions
contained in the said Act, from giving such
Directions?"

Which being objected to,

After Debate;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Negative.

East India Troops Bill.

Then it was moved, "That the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for removing any Doubt respecting the Power of
the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, to direct
that the Expence of raising, transporting and maintaining such Troops as may be judged necessary for the
Security of the British Territories and Possessions in
the East Indies, should be defrayed out of the Revenues arising from the said Territories and Possessions,
and for limiting the Application of the said Revenues
in the Manner therein mentioned," be now read a
Second Time."

Which being objected to;

It was moved, "To leave out the Word ("now")
and insert the Words ("on Thursday the 20th Instant.")

After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word
("now") shall stand Part of the Motion?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Then it was moved, "That the said Bill be committed."

Which being objected to;

After long Debate;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill To-morrow; and that the Lords be
summoned.

Mutiny Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better
Payment of the Army and their Quarters."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Clerkenwell Church Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
pulling down the Church of Saint James at Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, and for building a
new Church, and making a new Church Yard or Cemetry in the said Parish, with convenient Avenues
and Passages thereto."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Liverpool Streets Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging and varying some of the Powers contained
in certain Acts of Parliament relating to the watching,
lighting, and cleansing the Streets and other Places
within the Town of Liverpool; and for removing and
preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

North Kyme Drainage Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually draining and preserving certain Fen
Lands or Low Grounds in the Manor or Township of
North Kyme in the County of Lincoln."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Fladbury Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows, and other Common and Waste
Lands in Fladbury in the County of Worcester."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Five preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Pepys:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.

Netherhaven Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and laying in Severalty the Open
and Common Fields, Open Downs, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and Waste Lands within
the Parish of Netherhaven otherwise Netheravon in the
County of Wilts."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the 3d Day of Meeting after the Recess at Easter,
at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's
Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn
as they please.

Swaby, &c. Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open Common Fields,
Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands
and Waste Grounds, within the Townships or Parishes
of Swaby and Belleau in the County of Lincoln."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.

Little Farringdon Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures,
and Waste Lands in the Hamlet of Little Farringdon in
the Parish of Langford in the County of Berks."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on the First Friday after the Recess at Easter,
at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as
they please.

Stretton Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Commons and Waste
Lands within the Manor of Stretton in the Dale in the
County of Salop."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at the usual Time and Place, and to
adjourn as they please.

Drysdale et al. against Lindsay.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of William
Drysdale of Wester Pitteuchar and others, Freeholders of
the County of Fife; complaining of an Interlocutor of
the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 7th of March 1788;
and praying, "That the same may be reversed, varied,
or amended; or that the Appellants may have such
other Relief in the Premises, as to this House, in their
Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that
Henry Lindsay Merchant in Edinburgh, may be required to answer the said Appeal:"

It is Ordered, That the said Henry Lindsay may have
a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his Answer
thereunto in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 15th
Day of April next; and Service of this Order upon the
said Respondent, or upon any of his Counsel or Agents
in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good
Service.

Chalmer to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.

The House being moved, "That James Chalmer of
Buckingham Street Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for William Drysdale and
others, on account of their Appeal depending in this
House, they living in Scotland:"

It is Ordered, That the said James Chalmer may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants as
desired.

Bruce against Ross.

The House being informed, "That Walter Ross
Writer to the Signet, Respondent to the Appeal of
Edward Bruce one of the Clerks to His Majesty's
Signet in Scotland, had not put in his Answer to the
said Appeal, though duly served with the Order of
this House for that Purpose:"

And thereupon an Affidavit of David Lister of the due
Service of the said Order being read:

Ordered, That the said Respondent do put in his
Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week.

Donald against Kirkaldy.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein David Donald
Esquire is Appellant, and Ann Kirkaldy and George
Kirkaldy her Father are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar on the First vacant Day for
Causes after those already appointed.

Knapton Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Eden and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the Common Arable Fields and other
Common Grounds within the Manor or Lordship and
Township of Knapton in the County of the City of
York;" and to acquaint this House, That they have
agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto.

East India Troops Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for removing any Doubt respecting the Power of the
Commisssioners for the Affairs of India, to direct that
the Expence of raising, transporting, and maintaining
such Troops, as may be judged necessary for the Security of the British Territories and Possessions in the
East Indies, should be defrayed out of the Revenues
arising from the said Territories and Possessions, and
for limiting the Application of the said Revenues in
the Manner therein mentioned;" and for the Lords
to be summoned.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee upon the said Bill.

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."

Lords summoned.

Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to
attend the Service of this House To-morrow.

Election of a Peer for Scotland, respecting, put off.

The Order of the Day being read for the further Consideration of the Petition of the Earl of Dumfries, complaining of a Breach of Privilege of this House at the late
Election of a Peer for Scotland; and also of the Petition
of Lord Cathcart touching the said Election and his Return; and that the Lords be summoned.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said
Petitions be put off to Wednesday the 16th Day of April
next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Swaby Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open Common Fields,
Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands
and Waste Grounds, within the Townships or Parishes
of Swaby and Belleau in the County of Lincoln,"
was committed: "That they had considered the said
Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were
found to be true; that the Parties concerned had
given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the
Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House,
without any Amendment."

Adderley's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to enable Charles Bowyer Adderley Esquire, and
the future Tenants for Life of the Estates, devised by
the Will of Bowyer Adderley Esquire, to grant Building and Repairing Leases thereof," was committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Castlemartin Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for draining, dividing, and enclosing the Common and Waste Ground called Castlemartin Corse,
within the Manor and Parish of Castlemartin in the
County of Pembroke," was committed.

Dumbarton Road Bill.

The Lord Elphinstone reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term, and altering and enlarging the
Powers of Three Acts passed in the Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, and in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, for repairing several Roads leading
into the City of Glasgow, so far as relates to that Part
of the Road from the City of Glasgow to the Town of
Dumbarton, which leads through the County to the
Town of Dumbarton," was committed: "That they
had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."

Stretton Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Commons and Waste
Lands, within the Manor of Stretton in the Dale in the
County of Salop," was committed: "That they had
considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the
Parties concerned had given their Consents to the
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made One
Amendment thereto."

Which Amendment was read by the Clerk as follows:

"Pr. 45. L. 30. After ("notwithstanding") insert
Clause ("A.")

"Clause (A.) "And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the Rector of the said Parish, by and
with the Consent and Approbation of the Bishop of
Hereford, to grant any Lease or Leases to any Person
or Persons of the Land to be allotted to the said
Rector by virtue of this Act, or any Part thereof, for
any Term or Number of Years not exceeding Twentyone Years, such Term of Twenty-one Years to commence and be computed from the Expiration of Twelve
Calendar Months next after the Execution of the said
Award, so as no such Lease be made dispunishable of
Waste, and so as no Sum of Money be taken by Way
of Fine or Premium for any such Lease, and so as the
Rent to be reserved in every such Lease be made payable to the Rector of the said Parish Quarterly, and
that the usual Powers of Re-entry for Non-payment of
such Rent, and other necessary Clauses and Cove
nants be contained therein, and every such Lease shall
be good, valid, and effectual, any Law or Usage to the
contrary hereof notwithstanding."

And the said Amendment, being read a Second Time,
was agreed to by the House.

Wollaston Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Pastures, Meadows, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds, in the Parish of Wollaston in the County
of Northampton," was committed: "That they had
considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations
thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties
concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction
of the Committee; and that the Committee had
gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments
thereto."

Which Amendments were read by the Clerk, as follow; (videlicet)

"Pr. 43. L. 10. After ("Parish") insert ("of Wollaston, or by the Vicar of the Parish of Mears Ashby
aforesaid")

"L. 14. After ("Seal") insert ("or by
the Vicar of Harrold aforesaid, without the like Consent of the Bishop of Lincoln")

And the said Amendments, being read a Second Time,
were agreed to by the House.

Sir T. Acland's Petition to receive Judges Report.

Upon reading the Petition of George White Junior,
Agent for Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Baronet; setting
forth, "That a Petition having been presented to their
Lordships on Thursday the 21st Day of February last,
from the said Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, praying that
Leave might be given to bring in a Private Bill, their
Lordships were pleased on the same Day to order, that
the Consideration of the said Petition should be referred to Mr. Baron Hotham and Mr. Baron Perryn;
that the said Judges having signified their Inclination
to comply with their Lordships Order, the Petitioner
attended them with the Report and Witnesses, but on
account of their Attendance on Mr. Hastings's Trial,
and the approaching Circuits, they did, on Saturday the
1st of March, after having that Day gone through
Three other Private Bills, declare that they found it
impossible to go through the said Bill, in consequence
of which the Petitioner procured the Order of
Reference to be changed to Mr. Justice Gould and
Mr. Justice Grose, who, from the Number of Private
Bills then before them, found it impossible for them
to enter upon the said Petition till after the Time
limited for receiving Reports from the Judges was
elapsed; that the said Judges have since considered
the said Bill, and their Report is ready to be delivered
in, and the Petitioner having incurred a considerable
Expence in proceeding thus far in the said Business;"
the Petitioner humbly prays their Lordships, "To give
Leave for the said Report to be received:"

It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
present his said Report from the Judges, as desired.

Leave for a Bill:

Accordingly, After reading and considering the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland of Killerton in the County of
Devon Baronet; praying Leave to bring in a Private Bill
for the Purposes therein mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable the Trustees of the Will of Sir Thomas Dyke
Acland Baronet, to cut down and sell Timber upon
the Estates thereby devised, and to grant Leases of
Part of the same Estates upon Fines, and to invest
the Monies arising therefrom in the Purchase of Lands
and Hereditaments, to be settled to the Uses of the
Will."

Hicks' Petition to receive Judges Report.

Upon reading the Petition of George White Junior,
Agent for Michael Hicks of Williamstrip in the County
of Gloucester Esquire; setting forth, "That on the 21st
Day of February last, a Petition of the said Michael
Hicks was presented to their Lordships, praying that
Leave might be given to bring in a Private Bill, which
Petition was by their Lordships, on the same Day, referred to Mr. Justice Gould and Mr. Justice Grose;
that the said Judges declared themselves ready to obey
their Lordships said Order, but from the Number of
Private Bills before them, and their Attendance on
the Trial of Mr. Hastings, they found it impossible to
go through the said Bill before the Time fixed by
their Lordships for receiving Reports from the Judges
was expired; that a very considerable Expence having
been incurred in the Business;" the Petitioner humbly
prays, "That their Lordships will be pleased, on account
of the Circumstances above stated, to give Leave for
receiving the Report on the said Bill:"

It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
present his said Report from the Judges, as desired.

Leave for a Bill:

Accordingly, After reading and considering the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition
of Michael Hicks Esquire and others; praying Leave to
bring in a Private Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:

It it Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting certain detached Parts of the Estates devised by
the Will of Michael Hicks Esquire, in Norfolk, Suffolk,
Gloucestershire, and London, in Trustees, to be sold,
and for enabling them, with Consent of the Claimants
under the Will, to sell the Timber and Trees upon
certain Wood Lands in Essex, other Part of the devised Estates, and apply Part of the Purchase Money
of the Timber in improving the Wood Lands, and to
invest the Purchase Money of the detached Estates,
and the Residue of the Purchase Money of the Timber
in other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses."

Mitchell et al. against Officers of State in Scotland.

The House being informed, "That the Officers of
State for the Interest of the Crown in Scotland, and
others Respondents to the Appeal of the Reverend
Mr. William Mitchell and others had not put in their
Answer to the said Appeal, though duly served with
the Order of this House for that Purpose:"

And thereupon an Affidavit of William Murray of the
due Service of the said Order being read:

Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in their
Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week.

East India Troops Bill:

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned:

Moved, "That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for removing any Doubt respecting the Power of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, to direct that the
Expence of raising, transporting, and maintaining such
Troops, as may be judged necessary for the Security
of the British Territories and Possessions in the East
Indies, should be defrayed out of the Revenues arising
from the said Territories and Possessions, and for
limiting the Application of the said Revenues in the
Manner therein mentioned," be now read the Third
Time.

The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.

Then it was moved, "That the 11th Section of the
Statute 24th George 3d Cap. 25. be inserted in the
Preamble of the Bill in Press 1. Line 34. after the
Words ("And whereas")

("To the Intent that the said Board may be duly informed of all Transactions of the said Company in
respect to the Management of their Concerns in the
East Indies, it was enacted, That all the Members of
the said Board shall at all convenient Times have
Access to all Papers and Muniments of the said United
Company, and shall be furnished with such Extracts
or Copies thereof, as they shall from Time to Time
require; and that the Court of Directors of the said
United Company shall and they are hereby required
and directed, to deliver to the said Board, Copies of
all Minutes, Orders, Resolutions, and other Proceedings of all general and special Courts of Proprietors of
the said Company and of the said Court of Directors, so far as relates to the Civil or Military Government, or Revenues of the British Territorial Possessions in the East Indies, within Eight Days after the
holding of such respective Courts, and also Copies of
all Dispatches which the said Directors, or any Committee of the said Directors shall receive from any of
their Servants in the East Indies, immediately after the
Arrival thereof, and also Copies of all Letters, Orders,
and Instructions whatsoever, relating to the Civil or
Military Government, or Revenues of the British
Territorial Possessions in the East Indies, proposed to
be sent or dispatched by the said Court of Directors,
or any Committee of the said Directors, to any of
the Servants of the said Company in the East Indies,
and that")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Section
shall be inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 3. Line 38. to leave out
the Words ("Provided always").

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words
shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Press 4. Line 5. after the
Word ("of") to insert the Words ("Forces than shall
amount in the Whole to 20,245 Men, including the
Commissioned or Non-commissioned Officers, or of")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words
shall be inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, to insert at the End of the Bill,
by way of Ryder, the following Clause;

"And be it further enacted, That this Act, and also
the said Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, shall continue no longer
than during the Continuance of the present Charter
granted to the United Company of Merchants trading
to the East Indies."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause
shall be added to the said Bill?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, "That the Bill do pass."

Which being objected to;

After long Debate,

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

DISSENTIENT.

Protest against passing it.

1st. "Because, we object altogether to the very Style
and Form of the present Bill, inasmuch as it purports
to be a Declaratory Bill, of a Kind as dangerous in its
Application, as it is certainly unusual, if not new in its
Principle. If the Act of the Twenty-fourth of His
Majesty be clearly expressed, any Declaration of its
Sense is evidently unnecessary; if it be worded, whether from Accident or Design in dark and equivocal
Terms, we conceive that in order to do away every
Ambiguity, the Mode, most open and candid in itself,
as well as most regular and conformable to the Usage
of Parliament, would have been by a Bill to explain
and amend, and not to declare. And we cannot but
behold this extraordinary Bill with yet greater Alarm,
when it has been avowed, that it is intended to operate
as an Act of Indemnity for past Measures not explicitly stated. Surely it is a Proposition absurd and
monstrous on the very Face of it, to call upon this
House to declare what was and is Law, subject to
Provisions which shall be: A Declaration so qualified
is a new Species of Bill of Indemnity, which, unlike
all others, does not content itself with holding forth
Terms of Protection against the penal Consequences
of an illegal Act committed, but retrospectively alters
and reverses the Nature and Essence of the Action
itself from its very Origin, if certain prospective Conditions be subsequently observed."

2dly. "Because, the Preamble of the present Bill
which must be presumed to set forth the legal Grounds
of the proposed Declaration, does not appear to us in
Reality to contain any such Grounds. It offers
nothing more than partial and pieced Extracts from
various Sections of the Twenty-fourth of His present
Majesty; Two of which evidently convey only general Powers to be exercised "in such Manner as in the
said Act is directed," that is, subject to Limitations
and Modifications not recited in the Preamble; and
the Third of these Extracts which is taken from the
Conclusion of the Eleventh Section of the Act abovementioned, is in Truth Part of a Clause imperative on
the Directors, not enabling to the Commissioners;
binding the former to obey the Orders of the latter,
(that is, all such Orders as they may lawfully issue
under other Parts of the Act) but not conferring on
the latter any Portion of distinct Power. Their
Powers, whatever they may be, must be sought in the
enabling Clauses of the Act, by which alone this imperative Clause can be construed, but of which not a
Trace is to be discovered in the Preamble."

3dly. "Because, the Limitations and Restraints on the
Power of the Commissioners, which are now imposed
for the First Time in this Bill, carry with them an
Intimation highly derogatory to the Honour and Wisdom of this House, inasmuch as they imply that in the
very Moment when this House felt the most tender
Apprehensions for the Safety of Chartered Rights,
and when they were most anxiously alarmed for the
Consequences of transferring the Power and Patronage
of the Company even for a Time, they consciously and
deliberately passed an Act by which those Rights were
to be superseded, and that Power and Patronage in
Effect vested in the Board of Controul for ever, without sufficient Checks and Guards to protect the one
or to prevent the corrupt Use of the other. The
Authors of these limiting and restraining Clauses have
left to the Majority of this House no other Refuge
from the Imputation of this Inconsistency, but in an
Ignorance of that Meaning which we are now called
upon to declare."

4thly. "Because, if any such Limitations and Restraints be indeed necessary, the Provisions of this Bill,
we are persuaded must prove nugatory and inefficient."

5thly. Because coupling the Act of the Twenty-fourth of His Majesty, with all its accumulated Explanations and Amendments, and understanding the
Powers there conferred on the Commissioners to the
Extent implied in the Preamble and limiting Clauses
of the present Bill; the System established by that
Act, in Truth, realizes all the Dangers which were
ever attributed to another Measure then recently rejected by this House, and is certainly fruitful of formidable Mischiefs proper to itself, friendly to corrupt
Intrigue and Cabal, hostile to all good Government,
and especially abhorrent from the Principles of our
Popular Constitution. The Patronage of the Company
(and this seems to be the most serious Terror of the
People of England) the Commissioners enjoy in the
worst Mode; without that Responsibility which is the
natural Security against Malversation and Abuse.
They cannot immediately appoint, but they have that
Weight of Recommendation and Influence which must
ever inseparably attend on substantial Power; and
which, in the present Case, has not any where been attempted to be denied. Should this fail them in the
First Instance, they can intimidate and encourage, they
can suppress the Approbation and the Censure of the
Directors on their own Servants, they can substitute
Blame for Praise and Praise for Blame, or they may
instantly recal whomsoever the Directors may appoint
against their Will, and this they may repeat till they
ultimately compel the Directors, harrassed and overawed, to nominate the Man whom the Commissioners
may wish to favour. Nor is this Disposal of Patronage
without Responsibility the only Evil that characterizes
the System; all the high Powers and Prerogatives
with which the Commissioners are vested they may exercise invisibly, and thus for a Period at least evade,
perhaps in a great Measure finally baffle all political
Responsibility; for they have a Power of administering
to their Clerks and other Officers an Oath of Secrecy,
framed for the Occasion by themselves; and they
possess in the India House the suspicious Instrument of
a Secret Committee, consisting only of the Chairman,
the Deputy Chairman, and One other Director, all
bound to them by an Oath.

"Through these they have sent an Arrangement for
paying the Debts of the Nabob of Arcot, beneficial to
Individuals, injurious to the Company, and fundamentally contradicting the plain Principle of an express
Clause in that very Act by which their own Board was
instituted, and through these they have concurred to
transmit a Dispatch, altered too by themselves, on a
Subject of mere Trade, over which they profess to
disclaim all Right of Management. After such Examples we must confess, that our Imaginations cannot
figure to us any Description of Business which may not
be sheltered behind the thick Veil of the Secret Committee; and from our past Experience relative to the
first of these Transactions, we are so justly sensible of
the great Advantages with which the Servants of the
Crown must argue on such Topics before an Assembly
constitutionally disposed to a general Confidence in
them; that we should be sanguine indeed, did we
expect any considerable Check to be given to the possible Misconduct of the Board of Controul by the Fears
of a Parliamentary Enquiry."

6thly. Because the Operation of this Bill and of the
Act, the Meaning of which it is to declare, ought to
have been limited to the Duration of the existing
Charter. Whatever may be the Right of the Legislature to subject the Trade and the general Revenues of
the Company to the Inspection and Controul of a
Board of Commissioners nominated by the Crown, so
long as the Company continue in the Enjoyment of
an exclusive Trade, and in the Management of great
Territorial Revenues; we must, however, maintain,
that to perpetuate such Inspection, and to render the
Signatures of that Board necessary to all the Company's
Dispatches of every Kind, when they may carry on
their Trade merely as a commercial Corporation without any Monopoly, and when they may remain in the
Management only of their own proper Estates, is a
Measure of Injustice wholly unprecedented, and an
Example liable to much reasonable Jealousy in a commercial Country like Great Britain.

On all these Grounds of Objection to the Style and
Form of the Bill, as a Declaratory Bill, to the Incongruities, Absurdities, and Deficiencies of the Bill
itself; to much of the Principle, and to all the distinguishing Character of the System which it is meant to
declare, as well as to the perpetual Operation which it
gives to that System, we think it incumbent upon us
here solemnly, in the Journals of Parliament, to record
our hearty Dissent for the Satisfaction of our own
Consciences, and for our Justification to our Fellow
Citizens and to Posterity.

Bills passed by Commission.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission to
several Lords therein named, for declaring His Royal
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses of
Parliament."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Lord Osborne on his Right Hand, and
the Lord Sydney on his Left, commanded the Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod to signify to the Commons,
"The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate
Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission
read."

Who being come, with their Speaker;

The Lord Chancellor said,

My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

"His Majesty, not thinking fit to be personally present
here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and thereby
given His Royal Assent to divers Acts which have
been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, the
Titles whereof are particularly mentioned; and by the
said Commission hath commanded us to declare and
notify His Royal Assent to the said several Acts, in the
Presence of you the Lords and Commons assembled
for that Purpose; which Commission you will now
hear read."

Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk, as
follows; (videlicet)

GEORGE R.

George the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of
the Faith, and so forth: To Our right trusty and
right well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and to Our trusty and well-beloved the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Greeting:
Whereas We have seen and perfectly understood
divers and sundry Acts agreed and accorded on by you
Our loving Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by you as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names of which Acts hereafter
do particularly ensue; (that is to say) "An Act for
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better
Payment of the Army and their Quarters." "An Act
for removing any Doubt respecting the Power of the
Commissioners for the Affairs of India, to direct that
the Expence of raising, transporting, and maintaining
such Troops as may be judged necessary for the Security of the British Territories and Possessions in the
East Indies, should be defrayed out of the Revenues
arising from the said Territories and Possessions, and
for limiting the Application of the said Revenues in
the Manner therein mentioned." "An Act to amend
and render more effectual an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace, and for settling and adjusting the Proportions of fine Silver and Silk; and
for the better making of Gold and Silver Thread."
"An Act for pulling down the Church of Saint James
at Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, and for
building a new Church and making a new Church
Yard or Cemetry in the said Parish, with convenient
Avenues and Passages thereto." "An Act for enlarging and varying some of the Powers contained in
certain Acts of Parliament relating to the watching,
lighting, and cleansing the Streets and other Places
within the Town of Liverpool; and for removing and
preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein." "An
Act for the more effectually draining and preserving
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Manor or
Township of North Kyme in the County of Lincoln."
"An Act for enabling the Right Honourable George
Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick to build a new
Bridge over the River Avon in the Borough of Warwick, and to open proper Roads and Ways thereto."
"An Act for reviving, continuing, and enlarging the
Term and Powers of an Act made in the Fifth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the
Third, for repairing and widening the Road from the
Alfreton Turnpike Road near a Place called Little
Robins in the Parish of Mansfield in the County of
Nottingham, through Woolley Moor to the Nottingham
Turnpike Road near Tansley in the County of Derby;
and from Woolley Moor to the Chesterfield Turnpike
Road at Kelstidge in the said County of Derby." "An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act
passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present
Majesty King George the Third, for repairing and
widening the Road from the Mansfield and Chesterfield
Turnpike Road near the Nine Mile Stone from Mansfield, through Temple Normanton, Tupton new Enclosure and Birkin Lane, to Buntingfield Nook in the Parish
of Ashover in the County of Derby." "An Act for
enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of Two
Acts of Parliament made in the Twentieth and Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the Second, for repairing the Road leading
from Catterick Bridge in the County of York, to Yarm
in the said County; and from thence to Stockton in
the County of Durham; and from thence through
Sedgefield in the said County of Durham, to the City
of Durham; and for reducing the said Acts into one;
and for the more effectually repairing and keeping in
Repair the said Road." "An Act for continuing
the Term and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
for repairing and widening the Road from the Cross
or Market Place in the Town of Wimborne Minster, to
the Cross or Market Place in the Town of Blandford
Forum in the County of Dorset." "An Act for
vesting the Real Estate of Thomas Reade Esquire and
Elizabeth Reade his Daughter, situate in Shirburn,
Brittwell, Salome, Lewknor, Stokenchurch, and Kingston
Blount, in the County of Oxford, in Thomas Earl of
Macclesfield, and his Heirs; and for settling another
Real Estate of the said Earl of greater Value in lieu
thereof, and in Exchange for the same in Manner
therein mentioned." "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open Fields or Stinted Pastures lying
within the Parish of Parwich in the County of Derby."
"An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Common and Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons,
and Waste Grounds within the Liberty of Hixton, and
the Commons and Waste Grounds within the Liberties
of Drointon, Lea, and Amerton, all within the Manor of
Chartley in the County of Stafford." "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open Fields,
Meadows, and Commonable Grounds in the Parish or
Lordship of Humberstone in the County of Leicester."
"An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open
and Common Fields, Arable Lands, Pastures, Woods,
Downs, Cow Downs, Sheep Downs, Waste Lands, and
other Open and Commonable Places within the Parish
of Headbourn Worthy in the County of Southampton."
"An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and
other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within
the Parish of Bradwell in the County of Bucks." "An
Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Arable
Fields, Meadows, Heaths, Commons, and Waste Grounds
within the Manor and Parish of Wandon, otherwise
Wavendon, in the County of Bucks." "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the several Open and
Common Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons, and Waste Grounds within the Township of
Filey, otherwise Filo, in the East and North Ridings
of the County of York." "An Act for dividing and
enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Meadows,
and Commons of and within the Lordship or Liberty
of Mowsley in the County of Leicester." "An Act
for dividing and enclosing the Common Arable Fields
and other Common Grounds within the Manor or
Lordship and Township of Knapton in the County of
the City of York." "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common
Meadows, and other Common and Waste Lands in
Fladbury in the County of Worcester." "An Act
for naturalizing Daniel Godfrey Hintze." And
albeit the said Acts by you Our said Subjects, the
Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament
assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto; yet
nevertheless the same are not of Force and Effect in the
Law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the
said Acts: And forasmuch as for divers Causes and
Considerations, We cannot conveniently at this Time
be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher
House of Our said Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our Royal Assent to such Acts as
have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects the
Lords and Commons, We have therefore caused
these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed
the same, and by the same do give and put Our Royal
Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses,
and Provisions therein contained, and have fully agreed
and assented to the said Acts: Willing that the said
Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence, and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of
the same Strength, Force, and Effect, as if We had been
personally present in the said Higher House, and had
openly and publickly in the Presence of you all assented to the same: And We do by these Presents
declare and notify the same Our Royal Assent, as well
to you the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons aforesaid, as to all others whom it may
concern: Commanding also, by these Presents, Our
right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Edward
Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain, to
seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal
of Great Britain; and also, commanding Our most
dear Son and Our faithful Counsellor George Prince
of Wales; the most Reverend Father in God, Our
right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of
all England; Our said Chancellor of Great Britain;
Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and
Counsellor Charles Earl Camden, President of Our
Council; Our right trusty and entirely beloved
Cousin and Counsellor Granville Marquis of Stafford,
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right trusty and right
entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Duke
of Chandos, Steward of Our Household; Charles
Duke of Richmond, George Duke of Montagu, Master
of Our Horse; Our right trusty and right well-beloved
Cousins and Counsellors James Earl of Salisbury,
Chamberlain of Our Household; Henry Earl Bathurst,
William Earl of Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to
hold Pleas before Us; Our right trusty and well-beloved
Cousins and Counsellors Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
Groom of Our Stole; Richard Viscount Howe, First
Commissioner of Our Admiralty; and Our right
trusty and well-beloved Counsellors Francis Lord
Osborne, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State;
and Thomas Lord Sydney, One other of Our Principal
Secretaries of State; or any Three or more of
them, to declare and notify this Our Royal Assent,
in Our Absence, in the said Higher House, in the Presence of you the said Lords and the Commons of Our
Parliament there to be assembled for that Purpose; and
the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts
with such Terms and Words, in Our Name, as is
requisite, and hath been accustomed for the same,
and also to enroll these Our Letters Patent and the
said Acts, in the Parliament Roll; and these Our
Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf: And finally, We do
declare and will, that after this Our Royal Assent
given and passed by these Presents, and declared and
notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said
Acts shall be taken, accepted, and admitted good,
sufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament, and Laws
to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes, and to be
put in due Execution accordingly; the Continuance
or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other
Use, Custom, Thing or Things to the contrary thereof
notwithstanding. In Witness whereof, We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twentieth
Day of March, in the Twenty-eighth Year of
Our Reign.

By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.

"Yorke."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

"In Obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
virtue of the Commission which has been now read,
We do declare and notify to you the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled,
That His Majesty hath given His Royal Assent to
the several Acts in the Commission mentioned, and
the Clerks are required to pass the same, in the usual
Form and Words."

1. "An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion'
and for the better Payment of the Army and their
Quarters."

2. "An Act for removing any Doubt respecting the
Power of the Commissioners for the Affairs of
India, to direct that the Expence of raising, transporting and maintaining such Troops as may be
judged necessary for the Security of the British Territories and Possessions in the East Indies, should be defrayed out of the Revenues arising from the said Territories and Possessions; and for limiting the Application of the said Revenues in the Manner therein mentioned."

3. "An Act to amend and render more effectual
an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of His late Majesty
King George the Second, intituled, "An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace, and
for settling and adjusting the Proportions of fine Silver
and Silk, and for the better making of Gold and
Silver Thread."

4. "An Act for pulling down the Church of Saint
James at Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, and
for building a new Church; and making a new Church
Yard or Cemetery in the said Parish, with convenient
Avenues and Passages thereto."

5. "An Act for enlarging and varying some of the
Powers contained in certain Acts of Parliament, relating to the watching, lighting, and cleansing the
Streets and other Places within the Town of Liverpool,
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."

6. "An Act for more effectually draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the
Manor or Township of North Kyme in the County of
Lincoln."

7. "An Act for enabling the Right Honourable George
Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick, to build a new
Bridge over the River Avon, in the Borough of Warwick, and to open proper Roads and Ways thereto."

8. "An Act for reviving, continuing, and enlarging
the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Fifth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George
the Third, for repairing and widening the Road from
the Alfreton Turnpike Road, near a Place called Little
Robins in the Parish of Mansfield in the County of
Nottingham, through Woolley Moor to the Nottingham
Turnpike Road, near Tansley in the County of Derby,
and from Woolley Moor to the Chesterfield Turnpike
Road at Kelstidge in the said County of Derby."

9. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty King George the Third, for repairing
and widening the Road from the Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike Road, near the Nine Mile Stone
from Mansfield, through Temple Normanton, Tupton
new Inclosure, and Birkin Lane, to Bunting Field
Nook in the Parish of Ashover in the County of
Derby."

10. "An Act for enlarging and altering the Terms
and Powers of Two Acts of Parliament made in the
Twentieth and Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of
His late Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Road leading from Catterick Bridge in the
County of York, to Yarm in the said County, and from
thence to Stockton in the County of Durham, and
from thence through Sedgefield in the said County
of Durham to the City of Durham, and for reducing
the said Acts into one, and for the more effectually repairing and keeping in Repair the said Road."

11. "An Act for continuing the Term, and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed in the Sixth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing
and widening the Road from the Cross or Market
Place in the Town of Wimborne Minster, to the Cross
or Market Place in the Town of Blandford Forum in
the County of Dorset."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy le veult."

12. "An Act for vesting the Real Estate of Thomas
Reade Esquire, and Elizabeth Reade his Daughter,
situate in Shirburn, Brittwell, Sallome, Lewknor,
Stokenchurch, and Kingston Blount, in the County of
Oxford, in Thomas Earl of Macclesfield and his Heirs,
and for settling another Real Estate of the said Earl
of greater Value in lieu thereof, and in Exchange for
the same, in Manner therein mentioned."

13. "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open
Fields or Stinted Pastures, lying within the Parish of
Parwich in the County of Derby."

14. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several
Common and Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons, and Waste Grounds, within the Liberty of
Hixton, and the Commons and Waste Grounds within
the Liberties of Drointon, Lea, and Amerton, all within
the Manor of Chartley in the County of Stafford."

15. "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing
the Open Fields, Meadows, and Commonable Grounds
in the Parish or Lordship of Humberstone in the County
of Leicester."

16. "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the
Open and Common Fields, Arable Lands, Pastures,
Woods, Downs, Cow Downs, Sheep Downs, Waste
Lands, and other Open and Commonable Places
within the Parish of Headbourn Worthy in the County
of Southampton."

17. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open
and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common
Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds,
of and within the Parish of Bradwell in the County
Bucks."

18. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several
Open Arable Fields, Meadows, Heaths, Commons,
and Waste Grounds within the Manor and Parish
of Wandon, otherwise Wavendon, in the County of
Bucks."

19. "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the
several Open and Common Arable Fields, Meadows,
Pastures, Commons, and Waste Grounds within the
Township of Filey, otherwise Filo, in the East and
North Ridings of the County of York."

20. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open
and Common Fields, Meadows, and Commons, of
and within the Lordship or Liberty of Mowsley in the
County of Leicester."

21. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Common
Arable Fields and other Common Grounds within
the Manor or Lordship and Township of Knapton in
the County of the City of York."

22. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and other
Common and Waste Lands in Fladbury in the County
of Worcester."

23. "An Act for naturalizing Daniel Godfrey Hintze."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced,
severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet)

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Writs of Error delivered:

The Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered
in at the Table Five Writs of Error.

Carnan against Green:

In the First of which,Thomas Carnan is Plaintiff,
andJohn Green is Defendant.

Carnan against Truman:

In the Second,Thomas Carnan is Plaintiff,
andJohn Truman is Defendant.

Carnan against Malin:

In the Third,Thomas Carnan is Plaintiff,
andGeorge Malin is Defendant.

Faikney against Holland:

In the Fourth,Joseph Faikney Esquire is Plaintiff,
andEdward Holland Esquire is Defendant.

Vine against Barnwell.

And in the last,Henry Vine is Plaintiff,
andRobert Barnwell is Defendant.

D Newcastle's Estate Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for divesting Sir Henry Clinton and his Heirs, of the Trusts
of divers Castles, Honours, Manors, Messuages, Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments of the Most Noble
Henry Duke of Newcastle, and for vesting the same
in another Trustee upon the same Trusts, and with
the like Powers as are mentioned and declared in
an Indenture of Release of the Twentieth Day of May
One thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, or such
of them as remain to be performed, or are capable of
taking Effect," was committed: "That they had
considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the
Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report
the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Bruce against Ross.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Edward Bruce
is Appellant, and Walter Ross is Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day
for Causes after those already appointed.

Williams et al. against Wright.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Richard Williams and others are Appellants, and Robert Wright is
Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day
for Causes after those already appointed.

Adderley's Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Charles Bowyer Adderley Esquire and the
future Tenants for Life of the Estates devised by the
Will of Bowyer Adderley Esquire to grant Building
and Repairing Leases thereof."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Eames and Mr. Pepys:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Swaby, &c. Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open Common Fields,
Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands and
Waste Grounds within the Townships or Parishes of
Swaby and Belleau in the County of Lincoln."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Castlemartin Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
draining, dividing, and enclosing the Common and
Waste Ground called Castlemartin Corse within the
Manor and Parish of Castlemartin in the County of
Pembroke."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Dumbarton Road Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term and altering and enlarging the
Powers of Three Acts passed in the Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, and in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, for repairing several Roads leading
into the City of Glasgow, so far as relates to that
Part of the Road from the City of Glasgow to the
Town of Dumbarton, which leads through the County
to the Town of Dumbarton."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Three preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.

Wollaston Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Pastures, Meadows, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds in the Parish of Wollaston in the County
of Northampton."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendments, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Stretton Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Commons and Waste
Lands within the Manor of Stretton-in the-Dale in the
County of Salop."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendment, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. with Amendments to the Two preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers:

To return the said Bills, and acquaint them, That the
Lords have agreed to the same, with Amendments,
to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.